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Big Dawg
Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 2530 Location: Thach Alabama
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:19 pm Post subject: Ricoh 500 |
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Big Dawg wrote:
Just got this one. The seller forgot to package the axillary light meter for it. That is coming soon. Takes a while to get used to the film advance lever but if you like shiny chrome on your camera this is the one to get. one piece of leather missing on the front so that t5akes it from a 10 to an 8 on cosmetics. Works great. Very bright and large viewfinder with a very very nice rangefinder patch. The lens shade has been knocked out of round but that is easily fixed. Nice Ricoh UV filter installed too.
I like this camera!!!
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Katastrofo
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 10405 Location: USA
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Sweet! The Ricoh 519 is another good one to acquire with the f1.9 lens.
Nice that it came with OEM hood! |
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Big Dawg
Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 2530 Location: Thach Alabama
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Big Dawg wrote:
Katastrofo wrote: |
Sweet! The Ricoh 519 is another good one to acquire with the f1.9 lens.
Nice that it came with OEM hood! |
And soon the auxiliary light meter too. I'll keep man eye out for the 519. _________________ Big Dawg |
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Lloydy
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7793 Location: Ironbridge. UK.
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:35 am Post subject: |
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Lloydy wrote:
That looks so cool I wouldn't care if the pictures were all blurred! I'd also be very tempted to replace all the leatherette with real leather, in red to match the engravings. _________________ LENSES & CAMERAS FOR SALE.....
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Big Dawg
Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 2530 Location: Thach Alabama
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:04 am Post subject: |
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Big Dawg wrote:
Lloydy wrote: |
That looks so cool I wouldn't care if the pictures were all blurred! I'd also be very tempted to replace all the leatherette with real leather, in red to match the engravings. |
Sorry Lloydy...If it's chrome it will get black leather. http://www.cameraleather.com/ _________________ Big Dawg |
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stingOM
Joined: 27 Sep 2007 Posts: 3168 Location: Ireland
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:34 am Post subject: |
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stingOM wrote:
That is a very beautiful looking camera! Thanks for sharing as I learned more about them since reading your post.
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?Ricoh500.html~mainFrame |
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cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9096 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:19 am Post subject: |
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cooltouch wrote:
Very cool, BD. Interesting, the bottom of the camera has as much "complicatedness" as the top does. That film crank does look a bit, um, different. It's a bit of historical significance, I think, the whole bottom-crank thing. I wasn't aware before now that Ricoh had jumped on that bandwagon. I knew about the Kodaks and Canons -- and I'm sure there have been others. I think that the reason for it was, by and large, it allowed the photographer to keep his/her eye at the viewfinder, whereas a top-winding crank usually required that the photographer move their eye from the viewfinder to wind the film on. Yet in the evolutionary scheme of things, the top-winding crank won out.
I noticed the E-P icon on the bottom. Some US serviceman bought it at a Post Exchange -- one in Japan, I'll wager. I have a couple of E-P pieces currently, and have owned quite a few over the years. I consider them to be more collectible because of that icon. _________________ Michael
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Minolfan
Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 3439 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:12 am Post subject: |
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Minolfan wrote:
Cool! More chrome than on my beloved S3 (1959 model), ones my first camera, purchased when it was for sale .
Was a lot of money for a scholar anyhow.
Very good to handle. Still nice to use.
But for changing the film you need an extra hand |
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dragom
Joined: 01 Nov 2008 Posts: 177 Location: Porto - Portugal
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:34 am Post subject: |
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dragom wrote:
Looks a nice camera. |
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LucisPictor
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 17633 Location: Oberhessen, Germany / Maidstone ('95-'96)
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:54 am Post subject: |
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LucisPictor wrote:
Wow! That's a beauty!! Congratulations! _________________ Personal forum activity on pause every now and again (due to job obligations)!
Carsten, former Moderator
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Big Dawg
Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 2530 Location: Thach Alabama
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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Big Dawg wrote:
That is one of the places I looked before I bid. _________________ Big Dawg |
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Big Dawg
Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 2530 Location: Thach Alabama
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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Big Dawg wrote:
cooltouch wrote: |
Very cool, BD. Interesting, the bottom of the camera has as much "complicatedness" as the top does. That film crank does look a bit, um, different. It's a bit of historical significance, I think, the whole bottom-crank thing. I wasn't aware before now that Ricoh had jumped on that bandwagon. I knew about the Kodaks and Canons -- and I'm sure there have been others. I think that the reason for it was, by and large, it allowed the photographer to keep his/her eye at the viewfinder, whereas a top-winding crank usually required that the photographer move their eye from the viewfinder to wind the film on. Yet in the evolutionary scheme of things, the top-winding crank won out.
I noticed the E-P icon on the bottom. Some US serviceman bought it at a Post Exchange -- one in Japan, I'll wager. I have a couple of E-P pieces currently, and have owned quite a few over the years. I consider them to be more collectible because of that icon. |
I hadn't even noticed. That is what I like about this forum...I learn something new and interesting every day. _________________ Big Dawg |
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Big Dawg
Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 2530 Location: Thach Alabama
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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Big Dawg wrote:
Minolfan wrote: |
Cool! More chrome than on my beloved S3 (1959 model), ones my first camera, purchased when it was for sale .
Was a lot of money for a scholar anyhow.
Very good to handle. Still nice to use.
But for changing the film you need an extra hand |
The back and bottom remove to change the film and you are correct...2 hands are needed. _________________ Big Dawg |
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Big Dawg
Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 2530 Location: Thach Alabama
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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Big Dawg wrote:
dragom wrote: |
Looks a nice camera. |
Till I run a roll of film through it the jury is still out. _________________ Big Dawg |
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Big Dawg
Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 2530 Location: Thach Alabama
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Big Dawg wrote:
LucisPictor wrote: |
Wow! That's a beauty!! Congratulations! |
Yep...lots of bling there. _________________ Big Dawg |
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